A dupla Kelly Collins/ Paul Edwards, num Pontiac GXP.R da Banner Racing, venceu no domingo (25/05), a etapa de Lime Rock Park, 6º prova da Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, disputada apenas pela classe GT. A dupla Nick Ham/ Sylvain Tremblay, num Mazda RX-8 da SpeedSource, terminou em 2º, seguida pela dupla Andrew Davis/ Robin Liddell, num Pontiac GXP.R da Stevenson Motorsports.
Ron Fellows, parceiro de Jan Magnussen, rodou faltando apenas três voltas para a bandeirada final, permitindo que Collins/ Edwards, seus parceiros na Banner Racing, vencessem pela terceira vez na temporada.
Edwards cruzou a linha de chegada apenas 46s232 a frente de Ham. Foi a quinta vitória consecutiva da Pontiac no ano.
A dupla Tim Lewis Jr/ Lawson Aschenbach, num Pontiac GXP.R da Autohaus Motorsports, largou na pole-position, terminando na 5º posição.
Collins / Edwards lideram o campeonato na classe com 189 pontos. George Jr / Pumpelly, os vice-lÁderes, somam 170.
A próxima etapa acontece no dia 07 de junho, a Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, no Watkins Glen International. Ambas as categorias, DP e GT, disputam a prova.
Grid:
1 GT 1 Aschenbach / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 52.393
2 GT 2 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 52.458
3 GT 3 Fellows / Magnussen Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 52.641
4 GT 4 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 52.758
5 GT 5 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 52.904
6 GT 6 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 52.994
7 GT 7 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 53.271
8 GT 8 Farnbacher / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 53.333
9 GT 9 Lally / Sellers / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 53.517
10 GT 10 Constantine / Stone Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 53.571
11 GT 11 Aquilante / Heinricy Phoenix Performance Inc. / Corvette 53.763
12 GT 12 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 53.825
13 GT 13 George Jr / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 54.543
14 GT 14 Ballou / Miller TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 54.560
15 GT 15 Foster / Pappas Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 54.619 100.844
16 GT 16 Potter / Stanton TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.038
17 GT 17 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 55.761
18 GT 18 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 56.067
Final:
1 GT 1 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 164
2 GT 2 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 164
3 GT 3 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 163
4 GT 4 Fellows / Magnussen Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 163
5 GT 5 Aschenbach / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 162
6 GT 6 George Jr / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 161
7 GT 7 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 161
8 GT 8 Constantine / Stone Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 160
9 GT 9 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 160
10 GT 10 Ballou / Miller TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 159
11 GT 11 Lally / Sellers / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 159
12 GT 12 Aquilante / Heinricy Phoenix Performance Inc. / Corvette 158
13 GT 13 Potter / Stanton TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup 158
14 GT 14 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 158
15 GT 15 Farnbacher / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 157
16 GT 16 Foster / Pappas Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 157
17 GT 17 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 134
18 GT 18 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 78
Campeonato:
1 Kelly Collins 189
Paul Edwards 189
3 Spencer Pumpelly 170
Tim George Jr 170
5 Nick Ham 161
Sylvain Tremblay 161
7 Andrew Davis 143
Robin Liddell 143